This article was contributed by my colleague, massage therapist guru, Zogisle. Thanks for your thoughts/wisdom in sharing this Z!
I share this to have you create your own thoughts/ideas on whether or not to get a flu shot this year (or ever).
I hope it helps!
Here’s to your health!
You may want to do your own investigation before having yours…
Each year, just as multiple reminders on the need for and efficacy of getting a flu shot hits the news wires, you start asking yourself the same basic question: “Should I get a flu shot?”
My answer is an unequivocal no.
Based on everything that I know about flu shots, I think it’s pretty clear that their main effect is to tax and possibly weaken one’s immune system.
Study the information yourself - It is your body~
Take a look at a number of flu videos.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g5fxGu3Cxc There are a number of reasons why flu shots should be avoided, and almost all of them are related to the ingredients.Here’s the most glaring reason: One in a million people who get the flu shot develops a neurological disease called Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Guillain-Barré syndrome tends to develop without notice, and is marked by extreme muscle weakness and other symptoms related to nerve dysfunction. If one in a million people who get the flu shot can develop a devastating neurological condition, how many others who get the flu shot suffer from a number of uncomfortable symptoms that are never properly or accurately diagnosed? It’s just not realistic to think that the ingredients in a flu shot can cause severe neurological damage in a small percentage of the population while leaving everyone else completely uninjured. Why take any risk of creating serious damage to your body? The best defense against the flu and the common cold is to live healthfully every day. And if you do develop the flu or a cold, give your body time to rest and heal, you can cleanse yourself of your weakest cells.
Last month Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny became Medical Director at Sanoviv Medical Institute. You will be able to click on that announcement in this newsletter. She is an expert in information regarding vaccination hazards.
The First Half of this makes sense, but I like the second half better.
Eat right! Make sure you get your daily dose of
fruits and veggies.
Take your vitamins and bump up your vitamin C.
Get plenty of exercise because
exercise helps build your immune system.
Walk for at least an hour a day,
go for a swim,
take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.
Wash your hands often.
If you can’t wash them,
keep a bottle of antibacterial stuff around.
Get lots of fresh air.
Open doors & windows whenever possible.
Try to eliminate as much stress
from your life as you can.
Tests on leading brands of bottled water turned up a variety of contaminants, including cancer-linked chemicals three times higher than California’s health standard, according to a study released Wednesday by an environmental advocacy group.
The findings challenge the popular impression — and marketing pitch — that bottled water is purer than tap water, the researchers say.
However, all the brands met federal health standards for drinking water. And most of the detected contaminants are common in tap water, too.
Lab tests detected 38 chemicals in 10 brands, with an average of eight contaminants found in each kind of bottled water. Tests showed coliform bacteria, caffeine, the pain reliever acetaminophen, fertilizer, solvents, plastic-making chemicals and the radioactive element strontium.
The two-year study was done by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group, an organization founded by scientists that advocates stricter regulation. It bought bottled water in California, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.
Sam’s Choice, Acadia post high levels Researchers tested one batch for each of 10 brands. Eight of those did not have troubling levels of contaminants. But two brands did, so more tests were done and those revealed chlorine byproducts above California’s standard. The researchers identified those two brands as Sam’s Choice sold by Wal-Mart and Acadia of Giant Food supermarkets.
The other eight, which researchers didn’t identify, carried legal levels of many contaminants. Some of those chemicals, like arsenic and the solvent toluene, have been tied to health risks. Some of the contaminants apparently came from pollutants often found in tap water, and others probably leached from plastic bottles, the researchers said.
In the Wal-Mart and Giant Food bottled water, the highest concentration of chlorine byproducts, known as trihalomethanes, was over 35 parts per billion. California requires 10 parts per billion or less, and the industry’s International Bottled Water Association makes 10 its voluntary guideline. The federal limit is 80.
Water researcher Dr. David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment of the University at Albany, who had no role in the study, singled out trihalomethanes as the biggest concern because of strong research links to cancer.
“These are levels that should not be in bottled water,” he said.
Giant Food officials declined to comment. Instead, company officials released a brief statement asserting that Acadia meets all regulatory standards.
Acadia is sold in the mid-Atlantic states, so it isn’t held to California’s standard. In most places, bottled water must meet roughly the same federal standards as tap water.
The researchers also said the Wal-Mart brand exceeded California’s limit by five times for a second chlorine byproduct, bromodichloromethane.
The Environmental Working Group said it notified California’s attorney general of its intent to sue Wal-Mart. The group wants the company to label its bottles in California with a warning of cancer-causing chemicals. Wal-Mart did not respond to a request for comment.
Joe Doss, president of the International Bottled Water Association, said he would not defend any company that is exceeding the standard in California. “If they have exceeded it, they should meet it,” he said.
Chlorine linked to birth defects The chlorine byproducts, which studies have also linked to birth defects, presumably come from chlorine used as a disinfectant, which ends up in public water systems. Tap water is often repackaged and sold as bottled water, and the researchers say that was true of these two brands.
“In some cases, it appears bottled water is no less polluted than tap water and, at 1,900 times the cost, consumers should expect better,” said Jane Houlihan, an environmental engineer who co-authored the study.
The researchers recommend that people who are worried use a carbon filter for their tap water.
Choosing nutritional products can be about as confusing as choosing our next President of the United States.
Which one will do good by you and which one can you trust for the short and long term?
If you are an athlete, which products will enhance your performance and keep you going for the long haul - always allowing you to perform at your best?
If you are that busy entrepeneur who runs multiple businesses and has employees to look after every day, what product is keeping you clear headed and focused, all the while keeping you and everyone around you productive?
If you are a working mom - which product will give you the energy to go from morning ’til night?
After several years, and much personal experience with and research on, I found the best products for me. It wasn’t easy, however, it has transformed my health and I have not been to a doctor in nearly two years - a record for someone as active and fully-plate loaded as myself! I have also finished the top of my age group in triathlons and kept running all aspects of my business all on my own at the same time!
How do you plan on doing that for yourself? What proactive steps are you taking to take the preventative measures for your own health and lifelong well being?
Or will you simply wait until you have symptoms of some sickness to get you to a doctor?
With the mounting possibility of stress I know that many are experiencing with everything going on in our world, nutritional supplementation and eating healthy are two of the top ways to ward off any sickness, emotional eating habits or stress-related disease (ie cancer, heart attacks).
FREE resource - CLICK HERE for a website that gives you free information on nutritional and food supplementation
I am also offering up energy scans out of my office in San Clemente for anyone that is local and wants to travel to see me. For large groups, I am willing to come to you.
The energy scan is done with unique technology, called The Compass, that scans your energy and shares a report with you in minutes that tells you where you are deficient or lacking your nutritional needs - quite possibly long before you note any symptoms that usually send you to the doctor or urgent care room.
Then it also tells you what you can do to be proactive in taking the steps to regain balance within your cells and entire systems within your body that keep you happy, healthy and moving forward in your work and personal effectiveness.
This has been the single most valuable tool I have found to support my own overall health and well being.
I will offer these consultations, which normally range from $30-75 in value, for FREE, anytime for the rest of October!
CLICK HERE to learn how the technology, The Compass, works and contact me at 949-940-0399 for your very own valuable consultation.
I look forward to serving you and helping you take a more proactive approach to your health and well being.
One of the greatest health and wellness companies I have had the pleasure to work with, Nature’s Sunshine, is having a FREE Health Education week coming up in November and there are limited spaces for their week’s worth of teleseminars. READ ON for more details.
Topics range from “Going Green” to “Brain Fuel: Nutritional Support for Three Essential Neurotransmitters” to “Put a Bounce in Your Step: Recognizing and Overcoming Adrenal Exhaustion”
What is it?
One FREE webinar/conference call every day for approximately 1 hr
Feel free to just listen in over the phone, or log on to the free webinar to view the presenters PowerPoint Slides and hear the presentation
My colleague and fellow coach, Jeff St. Laurent, is a very health-conscious individual, as am I. He shared a great audio this week in his own blog that inspired me and I wanted to share with you, just before we go into the “fat” building season of fall/winter/Holiday season.
If you have any questions regarding this common concern around the holidays and want to combat it, give me a call at 949-940-0399.
Will this be a fat building or fat releasing season for you?
YOU decide! Read/listen on!
The fall season is where the average American gains fifteen pounds before the New Year!
Those people will then set unrealistic goals that they can’t keep and quit just weeks later.
Temptations will seduce you into compromising what you value most; your physical & emotional health.
This audio will teach you to be clear on what you want so you can simply say no thanks and walk away guilt free.
CLICK HERE now to hear what Jeffrey has to say about this upcoming season.
Adds more “life” to your years.I once heard it said for every 12 or 13 minutes you run at a time, you add one more minute to your life span!Doesn’t seem so bad, eh?You get to add one more minute to your life expectancy just because you went for a short run!I don’t have any evidence to prove this to the contrary, so I am going with it.Some would argue, “Well, if it takes that much time to gain a minute, I’d just as soon rather not run.Besides, I’ve heard of people dying while running, so what’s the point?”
They would be right about that last bit.Veteran runner and author, Jim Fixx, died at the age of 52 of a massive heart attack, after his daily run. The autopsy revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 50%. Many who opposed his beliefs said this was proof running was harmful. However, Fixx came from a family where the men had poor health histories. His father suffered a heart attack at the age of 35 and died of one at 42. Given Fixx’s unhealthy lifestyle until he took up running, many argued that running added many years to his life.
Alas, the overall key idea that this #1 transformational tip gives perfectly sums up everything I have been saying for this entire series of 10 tips.Not only does running add more physical longevity to your body being here longer than you might plan or expect.It adds more “life” to the years you have.More energy, more time and space created as a result of that energy to DO what you love and love what you DO.It allows you to BE who you were meant to BE when you are full of energy in enjoying that time and space freedom.It also allows you to HAVE all the things you want to have as a result of your joy-filled Spirit and energy filled body that goes after what it wants and accepts where it is at in that moment.Life lessons come through this running and expanded life expectancy.You learn about yourself through the good runs and the not so good runs.And after you get over yourself being injured, then you find peace within that period of time of being “down” and not being able to run.That acceptance brings with it a returned joy when you are able to run again.You don’t (or at least rarely won’t) every take running for granted again.And THAT, my friends, is what running, and ultimately, life, is all about.Enjoying the journey of your life through your running and all the seasons that come your way.
If you or someone you know works for a Corporation/Company that wants FREE monthly health assessments inhouse, please contact me.
Starting October 1st, I am going to local Orange County, San Diego County and Los Angelas County businesses, with 150 or more employees, that want to transform their lives through taking care of their bodies.
I will be able to come in to your company with my own unique/one-of-a-kind technology and health/transformational success coaching skills to assess where you are at in your health life NOW.
Here are some statistics to grab your attention:
According to the National Health Care Statistics, the typical American diet is responsible for most of the preventable diseases, including 91% of diabetes, 82% of heart disease, and 71% of colon cancer.
65% of the US population are overweight, and over 33% are literally considered CLINICALLY OBESE, which constitutes over 90 million Americans. This is a 7-10% increase in less than 5 years.
Only 15% of adults engage in regular vigorous physical activity, and 60% report getting essentially no exercise whatsoever from a regular leisure activity
Chronic illness, including heart disease, diabetes and obesity, accounts for 75% OF HEALTH COSTS, according to the American Public Health Association.
THE PROBLEM CLEARLY ISN’T GOING AWAY. According to the Industrial Physical Capability Services, Inc, new hire data demonstrates that applicants under the age of 40 actually have a greater prevalence for obesity than those over the age of 40.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Healthcare costs per capita will reach $7,500 this year, more than double the $3,470 per person in 1993
In 2005, the total cost of providing U.S. employees health benefits exceeded profits for the Fortune 500 corporations
The annual change in health insurance premiums continue to grow at an incredible 9-13%
The Centers for Disease Control reports that 75% of health care spending pays for illnesses that are preventable.
Data from 2005 shows that the obese worker costs a company an extra $1,809 each year in healthcare costs, absenteeism and presenteeism. This does not include indirect costs involved. In a related article, the front page of the USA Today reported an expected trend between obesity and disability claims.
The U.S. spent 15.3%of our entire GDP on health care in 2004 (note - that number is not expected to have dropped)
Questions to get you (or any Corporate CEO) thinking might look like the following:
If this is the only body you get this go round, what are you doing to take care of it every day?
Do you exercise 5 times per week, one hour each time?
Do you have the same level of energy you do at the end of your work day as you do at the beginning?
Is coffee or caffeine what it takes to get you going in the morning?
Are you able to execute 100% of the time all day, every day, in creating the professional results you want?
Are you effective at night or on weekends when it comes time to spending moments with those you love?
If any of those questions got your attention, please contact me today at 949-940-0399 and we’ll take a look at what may support you or your corporation.
Oh yeah, did I mention these assessments are FREE?
If you have a company that has less than 150 employees, or are outside of the tri-county California area, and are still interested, contact me anyway and let us see what we can do to support your health/wellness needs.
Don’t wait until you don’t have your health before you take action on caring for your physical success. If you are proactive on your health TODAY, you will save thousands of dollars TOMORROW.
Contributed by Fiona Macraeof UK’s online Daily Mail I recently read this as I was contemplating varied energy drinks that are out there on the market. Thought I would pass along for those of you that this may concern.
Just one can of Red Bull could raise the risk of heart attack or stroke, even in young people, researchers have warned.
A study of university students found drinking one 250ml can of the sugar-free version of the energy drink that ‘gives you wings’ increased the ’stickiness’ of the blood and raised the risk of life-threatening clots.
Researcher Dr Scott Willoughby said: ‘One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood systems) were no longer normal.
Health doubts: Sugar-free Red Bull
‘They were abnormal like we would expect in a patient with cardiovascular disease.
‘If you get an increase in stickiness and a decreased ability of the blood vessels to stop its stickiness, that adds up to a bad situation.
‘If you add in other risk factors for cardiovascular disease - stress or high blood pressure - this could be potentially deadly.’
Dr Willoughby, of the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, said he was ‘alarmed’ at the results and would not drink Red Bull himself.
Those with underlying heart or circulatory problems should think twice before buying the caffeine-loaded drink, he said.
The results, reported in the Australian newspaper, also shocked the students taking part, some of whom drank up to eight cans a night to help them stay awake to study. Many now refuse to drink Red Bull again.
Red Bull is banned in Norway, Uruguay and Denmark because of health fears, but the company last year sold 3.5 billion cans and bottles in 143 countries.
In Britain alone, it has sales of £271 million a year, with much of the cash spent in bars and clubs were it is a popular mixer with vodka and other spirits.
Previous studies have warned the stimulant effect of Red Bull can mask some of the tell-tale signs of drunkenness - putting revellers at risk of injury and attack because they do not realise how intoxicated they are.
Dr Willoughby said drinking Red Bull caused the blood ‘to become sticky’
The Australian researchers said that two of the drink’s ingredients - caffeine and the amino acid taurine - may have dangerous consequences for the heart when taken together.
Dr Willoughby said: ‘Caffeine and taurine - both of these individually point towards being beneficial but maybe there’s something quirky about the effect of the combination of the two that is causing this reaction, that is what we need to look at next.’
Formulated by the marketing director of an Austrian toothpaste company in the 1980s, one can contains 80 mg of caffeine, around the same as a cup of filter coffee, or two cups of instant.
However, cans do carry health warnings advising people not to drink more than two a day.
Red Bull Australia spokeswoman Linda Rychter said: ‘The study does not show effects which would go beyond drinking a normal cup of coffee.
She added that Red Bull’s global sales were testament to health authorities across the world concluding it was safe to drink.
But Dr Willougby said: ‘If you have any predisposition to cardiovascular disease, I’d think twice about drinking it.’
CLICK HERE for another article on Red Bull and strokes.
2. Expands your capacity to BE more – you get to be you and run like a kid again.We were born to run (enter Bruce Springsteen song here).Do you see kids walking slowly with their heads down, blasé about life?Heck no!They are like little running terrors whenever they can get away with it – squealing and laughing with precious delight.We even choose to tell them to slow down (especially around the swimming pool) so they don’t fall, run into things and get hurt.We adults sure have become boring at times, haven’t we?!?
Think about this as you go for your next run.You were born to run.The cave men did it, Shakespeare did it (“Bid me run and I will strive with things impossible”), kids do it – all ran because it was part of their very BEING, part of who they were and what helped bring about their best in their lives.
Running not only allows you to be healthy and fit in mind and body, it also expands your Spirit of childlike innocence and play.Go for a run with a little one sometime and BE reminded of that very thing.Have fun.Life.Embrace your BEING you!
3.Expands your capacity to do more – time management at its best!I may have touched on this one before and want to expand it to a deeper level.It has been brought to my attention many, many times from many “successful” entrepreneurs/coaches/leaders that time and energy management are key to one’s amount, or levels, of success in life.I don’t know what your definition of success is, however, I know for me I have found “success” is credited mostly because of my running discipline and training over the years.I have found my capacity to experience more fun, joy and balance in life has everything to do with the fact that I am a runner.Success to me is joy, fun and balance in my mind/body and Spirit.
My time management skills were honed over time due to the fact that I wanted to get that daily run or exercise routine in AND create financial success in my business arena AND go to my church/volunteer groups AND have fun with friends/family (basically – have a life) AND travel the world (where I could run more too!).Let’s face it, if you have competed in a marathon or an Ironman Triathlon event AND still have all the other revolving circles in your life going at a decent pace, you are required to know the meaning of time management.One gets to learn how to fit in that 5 mile run before work or over lunch hour or that bike ride or swim in between appointments.
Because of this, I am also very much an early to bed, early to rise person.I can always manage to “create” the time to be, do and have all the stuff I want to have.There are two 5 o’clocks in the day if one chooses to find that first one (oh so early and yet oh so still/calm/peaceful!).A lot can be accomplished before 7 or 8 a.m.I remember rising at 3:30 a.m. one morning while living in Phoenix, Arizona, to log a 20-miler before getting on a plane at 9 a.m. for a trip to Hong Kong.Now, how is that for creating a plan of action with seemingly limited time and space??
If it looks like there is not enough hours in the day – you still can always manage to create that extra little time slot.Being a runner expands your capacity to be, do and have an amazing life.
What can you do today to expand yourself?
